[Transcriber’s Note:
Unless otherwise noted, words are spelled and alphabetized as in the
original.
The letter æ is alphabetized as “ae”.
The letter ð (eth) is alphabetized separately after “t”.
The letters j and v are not used; medial k occurs only once.
When two words are otherwise identical, the one containing a macron
is usually given second.
Cross-references are shown as printed. When there is an error or
ambiguity, corrections are given in [[double brackets]] at the end of
the entry or as a separate paragraph. Where possible, these standard
wordings were used:
under “mūs”
The referenced word is either a secondary entry or a parenthesized
alternative spelling in the form “mūs (ȳ)”.
headword spelled “mūs”
Minor difference, generally an added or omitted macron or
a predictable vowel variation such as ī for ȳ.
form of “mūs”
The referenced word is an inflected form. A few very common patterns
such as adverbs in “-līce” listed under adjectives in “-lic” are not
individually noted.
redirected to “mūs”
The cross-referenced form leads to further cross-references.
To avoid empty cross-references, a few entries, clearly identified, were
restored from the first edition.
In the original book, shorter entries--chiefly cross-references--were
printed two or three to a line. They have been separated for this
e-text. All [single brackets], asterisks* and question marks? are in the
original.
In the body of the Dictionary, italics are shown conventionally with
_lines_, while small capitals are marked as #text#. Boldface in
headwords is unmarked; elsewhere it is shown as =text=. Superscript
numerals (“small superior figures”) are shown with a caret; braces are
used when necessary to avoid ambiguity.
āwrēon^1,2 = strong verb, class 1 or 2
bærnett (y^2) = second syllable also spelled with y
234^1 = page 234, line 1
Typographical errors are listed at the end of the e-text. To avoid
confusion with original brackets, anything added by the transcriber is
shown in [[double brackets]].
The _New English Dictionary_ (NED) is now known as the Oxford English
Dictionary (OED).]
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